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The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles Eliot and first published in 1909.
Eliot stated that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. The publisher P. F. Collier and Son challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result.
The first printing was dark green leatherette. After that, the set looked as you see it here. This is 5 volumes from the second printing, the 1910 set. Brown boards with an impressed design on the cover and bright gold lettering on the spine. They are all 5 1/3 x 8, on fine thick paper (darkening). All have one full-page B&W photo or illustration facing the title page.
Volume 8 Nine Greek Dramas: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Agamemnon: The Libation-Bearers, The Furies, Prometheus Bound, Oedipus the King, Antigone, Hippolytus, The Bacchae, The Frogs. 466 pages, Pristine Condition
Volume 16 The Thousand and One Nights There is a bookplate in this one and the spine has been taped. There are a couple of tiny faint marks on the cover, otherwise perfect. 460 pages
Volume 28 Essays English & American Thackeray, Ruskin, John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Augustus Freeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Ellery Channing, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell. 485 pages, Pristine Condition
Volume 31 Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini 454 pages, Pristine Condition appears to be unread Volume 35 Chronicle & Romance Froissart, William Harrison for Holinshed s Chronicles, Sir Thomas Malory 404 pages, the cover has some little white spots on it they can be cleaned off. Otherwise perfect condition, appears to be unread.
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The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles Eliot and first published in 1909.
Eliot stated that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. The publisher P. F. Collier and Son challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result.
The first printing was dark green leatherette. After that, the set looked as you see it here. This is 5 volumes from the second printing, the 1910 set. Brown boards with an impressed design on the cover and bright gold lettering on the spine. They are all 5 1/3 x 8, on fine thick paper (darkening). All have one full-page B&W photo or illustration facing the title page.
Volume 8 Nine Greek Dramas: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Agamemnon: The Libation-Bearers, The Furies, Prometheus Bound, Oedipus the King, Antigone, Hippolytus, The Bacchae, The Frogs. 466 pages, Pristine Condition
Volume 16 The Thousand and One Nights There is a bookplate in this one and the spine has been taped. There are a couple of tiny faint marks on the cover, otherwise perfect. 460 pages
Volume 28 Essays English & American Thackeray, Ruskin, John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Augustus Freeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Ellery Channing, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell. 485 pages, Pristine Condition
Volume 31 Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini 454 pages, Pristine Condition appears to be unread Volume 35 Chronicle & Romance Froissart, William Harrison for Holinshed s Chronicles, Sir Thomas Malory 404 pages, the cover has some little white spots on it they can be cleaned off. Otherwise perfect condition, appears to be unread.
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A Flag for Sunrise.
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This is a 5-volume lot of DICKENS' WORKS, published in 1900 by Peter Fenelon Collier & Son New York.The original set was 30 volumes. A limited edition was leather-bound; the rest were bound in burgundy cloth.
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Christmas Books & Miscellaneous: The Haunted House in Two Chapters & The Ghost in Master B.'S Room.
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Sketches by Boz
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A Manual of Gesture; Embracing a Complete System of Notation, Together with the Principles of Interpretation and Selections for Practice
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Chicago: S.C.Griggs and Company, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Tears to cloth at head and heel of spine. Cloth worn at extremities of spine and boards. Prior owners' names on front endpaper and fly leaf. Top corner of page 5 is folded. No reader markings in text. Ex library with usual library stampings (including withdrawn from circulation stamps) and card pocket in rear. Firmly bound. P-1 GDH
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Contes Choisis
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Illustrés de 118 dessins de G. Jeanniot. 273 pp. 23,5x16,5 cm. Librairie Illustrée, Paris, 1887. --- Three-quarter leather binding. Gilt lettering and decoration on covers and spine. Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean, very tight binding. Top-edges gilt.
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CARSON OF VENUS Argosy Magazine Jan- Feb 1938 Custom Display Case
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A Flag for Sunrise.
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DICKENS' WORKS, FIVE VOLUMES
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This is a 5-volume lot of DICKENS' WORKS, published in 1900 by Peter Fenelon Collier & Son New York.The original set was 30 volumes. A limited edition was leather-bound; the rest were bound in burgundy cloth.
This is five of the volumes of that set.
All are plain, with bright gilt printing on the side panels. Each book is 6" x 8".
Volume XVIII
Christmas Books & Miscellaneous: The Haunted House in Two Chapters & The Ghost in Master B.'S Room.
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 26 Illustrations
568 pages
This book does not appear to have been read. The back and side panels are perfect; the front has a couple of scratches.
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard 1901.
Volume XIX
Sketches by Boz
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 31 Illustrations
568 Pages
The corners are whitened, as if someone tried to clean them.
Spine has pulled away slightly in a couple of places, from drying.
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard 1901.
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Pictures from Italy, The Uncommercial Traveler
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A Manual of Gesture; Embracing a Complete System of Notation, Together with the Principles of Interpretation and Selections for Practice
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Chicago: S.C.Griggs and Company, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Tears to cloth at head and heel of spine. Cloth worn at extremities of spine and boards. Prior owners' names on front endpaper and fly leaf. Top corner of page 5 is folded. No reader markings in text. Ex library with usual library stampings (including withdrawn from circulation stamps) and card pocket in rear. Firmly bound. P-1 GDH
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Contes Choisis
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Illustrés de 118 dessins de G. Jeanniot. 273 pp. 23,5x16,5 cm. Librairie Illustrée, Paris, 1887. --- Three-quarter leather binding. Gilt lettering and decoration on covers and spine. Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean, very tight binding. Top-edges gilt.
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CARSON OF VENUS Argosy Magazine Jan- Feb 1938 Custom Display Case
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Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books (Volumes 1-51 & Reading Guide)
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P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, ca. 1930s. Hardcover . Collectible. Complete set volumes 1-51, with included Reading Guide volume. Tan hardbacks with stamped text cover and spine in dark blue. Collection is slightly dust faded, but generally in very good condition for their age. A copy that has been enjoyed! Light wear from average amounts of reading, but a well taken care of title!Marked up from in-store price - requires extra postage because it's just SO BIG! The Bluestocking Bookshop provides high-quality used and new books and gift items at deep discounts. Shipping media mail. Follow on Instagram for New Arrival stories and bookseller recommendations.
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Convictions
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "In this book I have gathered together a number of lectures, sermons and addresses given during the thirteen and a half years in which I was Archbishop of York, and during my opening months as Archbishop of Canterbury...." - Preface from Convictions
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Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents
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This book is in good condition. There is significant wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover. The corners are worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover. The pages are tanned but clear of any marking."Why a new edition of the documents of Vatican II? For eighteen years I have been involved in the translation and publication of official Church documents, including those of Vatican II and its aftermath, and I have long felt that there is need for a volume containing not only the sixteen Council documents, but also as useful a selection as possible of the relevant subsequent official documents, those which dot the i's and cross the t's, as it were, of the sixteen...." - Introduction from Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents
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Mother Earth Spirituality: Native Amercan Paths to Healing Ourselves and the World
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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Sophia: Aspects of the Divine Feminine Past & Present [Paperback] Schaup, Susanne
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Nicolas -Hays Inc, 1997-09-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Schaup, Susanne : Sophia: Aspects of the Divine Feminine Past & Present. York Beach (ME) : Nicolas -Hays Inc, 1997. First edition. Translated from the German by the author. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers glued to text block, reprod of Andy Warhol's detail take on Botticelli's Venus to front. xxvi pp prelim material, 235 numbered pp, three unnumbered following. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean and binding tight/not creased. Light wear to cover. An wide-ranging study of the ancient notion of sophia - no mention of Hagia Sophia, but you will find George MacDonald, Pachamama, and Jakob Boehme. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
by Metz, Harold & Thomson, C.A.H
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Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with pencil marking to front fly, light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, mild soiling to front cover else still bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21
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The Sunday School Chorister: A Service And Tune Book For The Children Of The Church
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This antiquarian book is in poor condition. There is significant wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards. There are numerous soil stains on the cover boards. The edges are very worn on the cover boards and the corners of the cover boards are bumped badly. The pages are yellowed and tanned and torn The book is free from any markings."The Sunday School Chorister has been compiled, under the direction of the publishers, by one thoroughly acquainted with music and the needs of children assembled in Sunday School. The hymns and carols are selected for the seasons of the Christian Year, together with hymns for special occasions, so as to meet all the demands of the Sunday School. The Litanies for the seasons will be found a very desirable feature to be used in each Sunday's service. The service should always be choral, but an alternate service, to be read, is also given, to be used when so desired...." - Publishers Preface from The Sunday School Chorister A Service And Tune Book For The…
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The Mission Hymnal: As Adopted By The General Convention At Cincinnati In the Year of Our Lord 1910 With Additional Hymns And Chants
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This book is in fair condition. There is significant wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards The edges are also worn and the corners are bumped to the point of fraying. The previous owners name is inscribed on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned. This antiquarian book provides all the old standard hymns and the Psalms. A true collector's item.
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Glory & Praise
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This book is in very good condition.There is almost no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards. There is one mark on the back cover board. The edges are as new, and the corners are not bumped. The pages are crisp, white and clear of all markings. "Introductory Rites: The ministerial function of the Introductory Rites is to call together the assembly of a community to listen to God's Word and to celebrate the Eucharist. The Entrance Procession and Entrance Song enables the assembly to enter into the spirit of the celebration, that is, to meet Jesus Christ...." - Order Of Mass from Glory & Praise
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Religion In A World At War
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To be a hundred year old book, it is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the cover. Pages are beginning to tan. Religion In A World At War deals with, very specifically, religions role, place, and cause in war history. it is a justification for all that is good about man, even though, we continue to fight, Another miracle, that this book was published during Word War I.
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